9-20 PBE Update: Kha'Zix, New skins, Soraka Update, and more!

The PBE has been updated with a massive patch, including a new champion, new skins, new features, and more!

Continue reading for anything and everything about our new champion Kha'Zix, shots of the new Tryndamere and Olaf skins, previews of the newly updated Soraka models, examples of the new Honor system, balance changes, and some tiny odds and ends, including changes to wards and Co-Op Vs AI.

( REMEMBER: All PBE information is tentative and subject to change. There is a reason Riot puts these things up for testing and doesn't just push them to live :P )

Just as you might have guessed, both Kha'Zix and his release skin, Mecha Kha'Zix, are now available for testing on the PBE! Below is a look at his splash art,voice overs, abilities & ratios, lore, and Rengar's special interaction with him, as well as a preview of his Mecha Kha'Zix skin.

Kha'Zix

Abilities:

Unseen Threat ( Passive )

When Kha'Zix is not visible to the enemy team, he gains Unseen Threat, causging his next basic attack against an enemy champion to deal X (+ .5 AP ) bonus magic damage and slow by 35% for 2 seconds.

Every time you level you are presented with your EVOLVE bar. You can upgrade each ability but only receive three points from leveling your ultimate. Apparently, You can receive a 4th evolution point by scoring a pentakill.

Your appearance also changes as you evolve. It varies by order, but here is an example of wings, claws, spikes.

Rengar's hidden passive with Kha'Zix changes the name ( doesn't give bonus stacks or anything ) of his Bonetooth necklace to "Head of Kha'Zix" after killing him. Thanks to redditor HansVonBurger for the shot.

Mecha Kha'Zix

The splash art is not yet finished in this PBE build.

A few new skins snuck into this patch, including the previously announcedSultan Tryndamere and Pentakill Olaf, the long awaited last member to Runeterra's heaviest band!

Sultan Tryndamere

Pentakill Olaf

The splash art is not yet finished in this PBE build.

As we saw expected from the reveal earlier, Soraka's visual update is included in this PBE patch. In addition to the new model for every skin, his update includes all new voice overs, splash arts ( except for Divine ), animations, and particles.

Soraka's new default skin and her updated Dryad & Divine skins.

Soraka

Dryad Soraka

Divine Soraka

The splash art for this skin wasn't updated.

The new Honor system was implemented this patch but has not yet been enabled. Here are some preview shots of where you can find the system in game and what options you have for honoring your fellow summoners.

Small icons on your profile page, view able by others.

This PBE patch also had a few balance changes, namely buffs for both Syndra and the Zhoyna's Hour glass item.

Intermediate bots now wear random skins instead of just using the default skins for each champion. This is the best change ever.

Wards now have a small symbol above their head, presumably to help improve the readability that one detects stealth ( same graphic as oracles ) and the other doesn't; Just a guess!

To the dismay of some and the delight of others, the "new" Lux Splash is gone and the old one is back in it's place. I can only assume Riot heard the complaints of the communtiy and is working to fix it up.

P,S: Thanks to all of you guys on the PBE who helped me snag shots <3!

192 comments

Oh yah, i almost forgot the new riot staff, "grumpy monkey" who could have been the creator of the new champion. N i assume the champion tht hidden in bunny riven skin could be the next "void" champion that based on sand which is also leaked in the very long time post of moobeat :3 Any thought about this anyone? :)

Why remove the new Lux art? Maybe just change her stance?, so that she wouldn't look that she took drugs before goin' to the League. Anyways, both old or the new splash art would do, what important is her in-game experience.

the new lux splash art was better than the old one. it still sucked. her face looked creepy, her body was twisted in a way, it just looked inhuman (just look at her right wrist) and her neck looked broken.

a lot about it was good, the higher quality and the rainbow effect. she looked more mature, which isnt bad. according to her lore shes somehwere between 25 and 30 years old.

Just Mecha, huh? Oh well.Got done playing both skins, but didn't pay attention to the name.He's awesome and will probably be the first champ I take up jungling with.Also I think he's the first champ to have three jokes and three taunts.

I was playing Kha'Zix on PBE against bots and I noticed something. When I got a pentakill I received another evolution point. I just came here to ask if anyone can confirm this, or if I just had a weird bug.

yup she is ;)U can flame me guys but i think riot doing now good job with evrything:champs, skins, reworks, splasharts, if championship will be too good i will kiss in face all guys in riot .... I PROMISE!!!!!;)

Not sure where you saw all the Lux splash art complaints - but the general consensus on Reddit was that it was amazing.If complaints were gonna make them change splash art Morgs new art would be gone - although I personally like it.

The flat buff alone would have secured at least 1 kill each time I played her so far. Also the buff to her ult looks small but moves the max realistic damage from 1.05 to 1.4. Although in most cases I think its better to consider it a buff from .9 to 1.2

Why remove the new Lux art? Maybe just change her stance?, so that she wouldn't look that she took drugs before goin' to the League. Anyways, both old or the new splash art would do, what important is her in-game experience.

Bahh i loved the new lux skin at least she didn't look like something a 3-year old made. And supa excited 4 the new soraka stuff ... be4 she was simply to ugly 2 play :) *yeah some girls care about stuff like that*

Its made me happy almost ever time. Not sure she needed the ult name change but im happy they still acknowdge she exists even though shes, "not viable." Dx Waiting for the day when she is. I love that girly. IMMA FIRIN MAH LAZ0R

Hey MoonBeat, sent you a friend request on the PBE....uh yeah, don't totally expect you to accept it, but I figured as long as I know your PBE account(or one of them) I might as well try and add it - random person from the Internetz who Loves this blog A.K.A. Spaghettaboutit(Death By Irony [on the NA servers])

Yeah, I can't wait to see the new Soraka skin. I love the re-work. My love for Iron Stylus knows no bounds now. They kept my healing unicorn right. I was so worried they were going to humanize or slut her up too much.

"Intermediate bots now wear random skins instead of just using the default skins for each champion. This is the best change ever."

Wow, 3 days ago I was JUST talking to my friend about this, that would be awesome if bots randomly pick a skin, it's a great way to promote them and also put some flavor ingame... My clairvoyance just went up a level!

Also, I loved Lux new art... her old one looks like it was made with crayons. I will never understand LoL community.